ORLANDO – With no formal charges filed yet against Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay since his arrest last week for DUI and drug possession, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not discuss potential league discipline.

Irsay’s daughter, Carlie Irsay-Gordon, is representing the Colts here at the league meetings. Irsay is on several committees and is the chairman of the legislative committee.

“He is someone who has grown up in this league. He is someone who loves this game and brings and important perspective to it. But that’s not the important thing for Jim right now,” Goodell said.

Speaking Monday after the first day of the annual league meetings, Goodell said the first priority for Irsay as far as the league is considered is that Irsay has voluntarily checked himself into a rehab facility. But Goodell did reiterate that the NFL’s conduct policy applies to owners just as it does to players and team employees.

“We have to understand the facts before it relates to any steps in discipline,” Goodell said.
Goodell has punished owners for infractions before, like fining Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture during a game, but never for a drug or alcohol arrest.